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It’s creating a giant searchable version of your machine.

What’s going on here? QuickSilver is scanning standard data hotspots on your machine – your Address Book, Applications folder, Desktop folder, System Preferences, and so on. Watch as the whizzy QS logo comes up, and fades, and you see the wizard.Ĥ) Walk through the setup wizard. If you’re using Safari, this is typically done automatically.

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QuickSilver is similar to LaunchBar, only with more features, and free, and has a plugin system.Ģ) The download should be done. Tiger users should grab whatever is most current. Note that if you’re under 10.3, b36 is the last version available to you. “It’s not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon.” And it’s not so much a launcher as a really powerful personal search engine. While the clipboard recorder and shelf are both useful and will be covered, the real power here is the launcher. QuickSilver, very under-described on the page, currently contains just a few main components – a shelf and a launcher. Note that the term “invoke” is a silly way of saying “press the hotkey so Quicksilver comes up”.ġ) Go to the Quicksilver webpage and download the current version. Italics are for tangents, and you can skip them if you really care about the 10 minutes thing. Plain text is for explanation, which you should read. As development goes rapidly on Quicksilver, things may have changed since I last updated this.īoldface indicates directions, and they must be followed. The information contained within is currently up-to-date through b42 “Corgi”. Please note this was originally written using Quicksilver Beta 19, and has been updated repeatedly. Data, in any of the following forms – iTunes library, iPhoto albums, Address Book entries, bookmarks in any browser, whatever.

I wouldn’t have believed it myself had I not tried this app and felt my jaw drop over and over again for the last year. This probably sounds like bullshit, I know.

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You’re not watching Amazing Discoveries.īut I swear, if you give me 10 minutes and you follow my simple directions, you can go from merely using Mac OS X to owning it. I’m not an excitable friend from across the ocean with red hair and a bowtie and a British accent. There’s also Gold Trigger, which helps you understand the trigger system. Note: This tutorial is also available in O’Reilly’s OS X Panther Hacks.įurther Reading: I have also published an intermediate tutorial, with 10 steps to leverage more power with Quicksilver.

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